- Date
- August 30, 1981
- Place
- Cantwell, AK · CANTWELL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8078DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810830059119A
- Case key
- 124127
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2843 81/8/30 NR.CANTWELL,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 750 TIME - 1600 N8078D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UNNAMED LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CANTWELL,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 51 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- AFTER TKOF FM 1500FT LAKE,ENCTRD DWNDFT,UN TO CLB OVR RISING TRRN,ELEV APRX 2000FT.FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8078D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Unnamed Lake
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.